This… Is BGNN

Things you might want to know, for Apr 6, 2023:

• We can build immortal celebrities from ChatGPT and their existing back catalogs — All of you should go watch The Congress. Right now. It was arguably the best film of 2013, unquestionably the best work of Robin Wright’s career, and a shockingly prescient look at where the worlds of art and tech were heading. We will be living The Congress in ten years time… get ready.
• Cheaper Xbox expandable storage cards are on the way — ‘Bout time.
• Artificial Wombs Will Change Abortion Rights Forever
• ASUS’ ROG Ally is yet another Steam Deck competitor — Being a real competitor with the Steam Deck will require beating it in both performance and price. Otherwise, I’d rather just give Valve my money.

• ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Turned a Children’s Icon Into a Murderer. Good
• Nintendo promises unlimited repairs for “drifting” Joy-Cons throughout Europe — Just do it worldwide, Nintendo. The JoyCons are flaky and you don’t want to change the design… just agree to fix ‘em on demand and make it a non-issue.
• There Are Too Many Cons in Contraception
• In the war on bacteria, it’s time to call in the phages

• Adobe Podcast’s text-based editing turns limitation into liberation — If Adobe wanted to get me to pay for some sort of subscription, this is pretty much the only way to do it.
• Canadian statistics professor games Tim Hortons contest for 80-98% win rates
• Why Halt AI Research When We Already Know How To Make It Safer
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the new gold standard for video game films — The wave of glowing reviews is making me nervous. I might actually end up watching this shit.
• Kobo’s all-you-can-read subscription coming to the US could challenge Amazon